When the war of northern aggression was over and the Southern states were forced back into the union they had to agree to never try to secede again. Texas if I am not mistaken is a republic not a state it can secede by a simple majority vote (I think the treaty they signed at the end of the war may override this though).
I do not want another war and do not want to break the greatest country in the world apart. I don't think either will happen but I do think that if we continue on the coarse we are on that we will be one of the weakest countries in the world. I do not agree with the whole run out and buy guns mentality either.
The whole assassin thing is a wash also. Have you ever heard the term martter (spelling). Assassin's create heroes I am sure you can think of more than a few that wouldn't be as famous as they are if it weren't for a bullet.
I am just an ole redneck and don't know much but I do know I am a lot worse off than I was 4 years ago. Jobs and hrs have went down bills have went up.